Third update!

In the evening, Su Dingfang brought over a freshly baked lamb leg.

"Sanlang, have two drinks!"

Su Dingfang has been in Taozhou for several days, but the two of them usually meet every day, but they talk about official business, so it is the first time they sit down and chat.

The two looked at each other and smiled, but they were like old friends for many years.

"How is it, Taozhou is still accustomed to living?"

"Taozhou is also very good, better than imagined. Before coming, I imagined that this place might be very desolate and remote, except for the deserted slopes and grasslands, but when I got here I found that you managed it more lively than Hebei. To be honest, many places in Hebei are not as good as Taozhou now. Especially Lintan and Jiangxin City, many people who came here for the first time said it was impossible."

"Some people, and then there is business, will naturally prosper. What's more, this place has now become a re-export trade port. The profits of re-export trade are quite amazing. When money gathers here like flowing, it will naturally become lively." Zhang Chao was not very proud of himself for being able to prosper Taozhou in a short time.

He was just a brave man. When other border states were still watching after the war, he opened a port as soon as possible. Merchants gathered here and money flowed here, so of course it became lively.

The rise of an industry can often drive the prosperity of other industries.

For example, the transportation industry here first followed, and then the service industry. Now Zhang Chao is preparing to start the processing industry.

Whether it is fur processing or milk product processing, this has been developed based on border trade.

Without the city in Jiangxin, without border trade, without that foundation, everything will wither.

Taking out the knife, Zhang Chao skillfully cut it on the still steaming and roasted golden lamb leg.

The golden and crispy roasted lambskin tastes great.

"Qiuyue, get some green onions. Make some pancakes and some lettuce."

Lettuce is grown in Taozhou, and green onions are transported from the back. A green onions is no cheaper than a piece of mutton. However, eating roasted lamb and green onions is also a pleasure to plant. You can even wrap the noodles with roasted lamb and lettuce together and dip them in some sauce.

"When I was in Hebei, I often thought that I could eat hot steamed cakes. When I arrived in Chang'an, I often thought that I could eat beef. But now, I am a little tired of eating beef, mutton, ghee and milk. I often thought that if I could eat pancakes, rolls, green onions, it would be delicious. Do you think I am a little cheap?"

Su Dingfang also picked up a green onion and dipped it in a sauce and started chewing it. It was very exciting.

"There is also garlic, and it tastes quite good to peel two cloves."

At dusk, in the backyard pavilion of the state yamen, the sun had just set and the sky was still bright, the heat was dissipating, and the evening breeze blew into the yard, making it extremely cool.

"If there was another cup of ice sour plum soup, it would be delicious." Su Dingfang sighed.

Zhang Chao smiled, "Some." Then he called Qiuyue and took the sour plum soup.

Su Dingfang was stunned, "It turns out that there is an ice cellar in this governor's mansion?"

"No, it's the ice I made myself."

"Ice making, it's only July now, how to make ice?" Su Dingfang became more and more confused as he heard it.

"You can also make ice in July and use nitrogen. It's actually very simple, really."

Su Dingfang thought for a while, but couldn't figure out how the nitrate in the medicinal herbs could turn into ice. But within a while, Zhang Chao's maid actually brought two cups of sour plum soup.

On the wall of the bowl made of jade, you can also see condensed water droplets.

Holding the bowl in my hand, a cold feeling in my hand. Take a sip, the refreshing feeling penetrated into my heart.

Cool!

"It's really ice-sour plum soup, is it really made of nitrogen?"

"Sour plum soup is still sour plum soup, but before serving it, put it in the refrigerator and chill for a while."

"Refrigerator?" Su Dingfang's voice was already trembling. Zhang Sanlang was so extraordinary. Last time he saw Zhang Sanlang's Qianli Mile Mile Mile, it was really an amazing thing. Unexpectedly, he still used nitrate to make ice and refrigerators.

"It's just a small box with several layers of insulation, then put ice made of nitrate inside, and then put the things to be chilled in. After a while, it will be chilled."

“It’s amazing.”

"It's just something that studies things and leads to knowledge, but the principle is actually very simple."

Zhang Chao said it was very simple, but Su Dingfang didn't think it was simple at all. It was just that many things seemed to be taken for granted by Zhang Chao.

Ice making, refrigerators, Qianli Miles, and the prosperity of Jiangxin City and Taozhou.

"Sanlang, the person I admire most in my life is you. In the past, I admired two people, one was Zhang Xutuo and the other was King Xia. You are the third one I admire and the one I admire the most. Sanlang, today I come to you, but there is actually a reluctant invitation. I want to learn military tactics from you!"

Zhang Chao was stunned. Learn the art of war with me?

I understand Mao’s art of war. If you are most familiar with military concepts, it should be Mao Weiren’s sixteen-character guerrilla policy. The others are also about Sun Tzu’s art of war. But before he studied Sun Tzu’s art of war, he did not learn the authentic version, but the example of Sun Tzu’s art of war in the mall.

What I learned is how to use Shangzi’s Art of War to do business.

Although he did not use it in the end, he was just a writer and occasionally used Sun Tzu's Art of War to conceive and design some war scenes in his own articles.

But he really doesn't understand when talking about war.

Su Ding was just a famous general. He destroyed the Three Kingdoms and captured the Three Kings. In the era of Tang and Three Kingdoms, that was his invincible time.

Now Su Dingfang wants to learn military tactics from him?

Not to mention how awesome Su Dingfang was in the era of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, even now, Su Dingfang is quite famous.

At the age of sixteen, he followed his father to fight in the countryside with his country soldiers and destroyed countless thieves. Later, he followed Dou Jiande and fought many tough battles. Now he is the General of the Left Wu Guard of the Tang Dynasty and Su Dingfang, who is a general who has more than ten years of combat experience.

The real powerful general who climbed out of the mountain of blood corpses actually wanted to learn military tactics from Zhang Chao.

Zhang Chao felt a little dazed. He didn't get drunk, but I just drank two glasses.

"Sanlang, what I said is true. In the Battle of Longyou, Sanlang led three thousand young men to recruit new troops, but wiped out three thousand Qiang cavalry in Yanhe City. The process was really thrilling and extremely witty. In a very unfavorable situation, Sanlang's performance was remarkable and the style of a true famous general. Do you know that when he was in Chang'an, when he heard the battle in Yanhe City, how many generals in the Twelve Guards were amazed? More than 90% of the generals believed that if they were you, under the current situation at that time, at most, it would be impossible to defeat the Qiang people at most, let alone the impressive record of wiped out three thousand Qiang City."

"After you won Yanhecheng, you quickly advanced westward and bluffed to scare away the Qiang people outside Qiang City. Then you went to Longxi and scared away the 50,000 Tuyuhun army. It can be said that this is simply a series of miracles. It is difficult for ordinary people to win once, but you won three games in a row."

Zhang Chao smiled, "I'm just lucky."

"No, this is definitely not luck, but your courage and wisdom. What you show is the demeanor of a famous general.

If you win, don’t be happy; if you lose, don’t be discouraged; if you have thunder in your chest and look like a flat lake, you can be appointed as a general.

Saburo is born handsome.”

Su Dingfang became more and more excited as he spoke, his face turned red.

At the end, he simply got up and walked to the table, and then knelt on the spot, "Sanlang, I have been fighting for more than ten years and I am destined to be a military general for the rest of my life. Sanlang's military use is like a miracle. Su Lie is willing to take Sanlang as his army and learn military strategies from Sanlang, and hope Sanlang will receive it!"

After saying that, he bowed to him.

Zhang Chao felt a little fluttered when he was worshipped as a military strategy by a powerful general.

A future generation of famous generals will actually take me as their teacher.

"Dingfang, get up quickly. We usually call each other brothers. Why do we need to do this? Just communicate and discuss."

Su Dingfang refused to get up.

He believed that to learn the essence of real military strategy, one must be serious about apprenticeship and then have the title of master and apprentice, so that Zhang Chao will pass on his true abilities to him.

"Okay, I promise you."

"Su Lie has worshipped sir!" Su Dingfang shouted excitedly. He kowtowed three times in a row, and he officially became a disciple of Zhang Chao, learning Zhang Chao's methods of using troops.

"Okay, get up and sit down."

Su Dingfang stood up and became more respectful. He asked Zhang Chao with anticipation, "Teacher, what is the most important way to use military force?"

Zhang Chao thought about it and it was really a big problem.

"The first way to use troops is to judge the situation and seize the power. When it is time to go, when it is time to retreat."

When it comes to really speaking of leading troops to fight, Su Dingfang has much more experience than Zhang Chao, but Zhang Chao believes that Su Dingfang should be considered an excellent general now, but he is not a coach yet. He leads troops to charge and uses troops according to orders.

But he has not yet reached the stage of being able to think about the entire battle situation by himself and make correct decisions. He can truly jump out of the battlefield in front of him and take the entire situation into consideration, regardless of the gains and losses of a city and a pool. Taking into account the overall situation, that is the real handsome man.

"I'll tell you another thing. For generals, we should consider the difference between tactics and strategies. Generals consider a corner, and the generals consider the overall situation. There is another saying that you should also understand that war is for politics, and war is just a means, not an end. When to fight and when to collect, you must understand clearly. Don't put the cart before the horse."

"Tactics, strategies, locals, overall situations, means, and purpose. Sir, I feel that I suddenly understand. Although I can't fully understand it, I already feel a light flashing in my mind, which makes people see further away. Sir is indeed amazing, and the students admire it!"

Su Dingfang was very excited. These words were so stylish and so profound. Just a few words had already explained such a deep essence, which was so amazing.

Zhang Chao was also very happy after successfully pretending to be retaliated.

"Drink and eat mutton."

"By the way, teacher, I forgot to say something."

"In the future, you can call me a teacher privately, but don't call me that in public. Pay attention to the influence. You are the marching Sima of my Governor's Office and the No. 3 official in the Governor's Office." Zhang Chao corrected.

"Disciple understands, please pay attention." Su Dingfang nodded.

"Teacher, there is news that the scouts who sent them have not yet discovered any movements in the Nori tribe, but one of the three tribes of the Seven Metallurgical Divisions next door seems to be making some noise recently. The scouts found that the division is gathering soldiers and it seems to be taking some movements."

The news from Su Dingfang made Zhang Chao seriously.

Zhang Chao of Yeli's tribe was not afraid because the Noli's tribe and Taozhou were not connected. If the Noli's tribe came over, he would have discovered it long ago.

But the Yeli tribe is different. The Yeli tribe is opposite Taozhou, and they are Tuyuhun Xianbei tribes. The Yeli tribe has seven tribes, the three tribes of the Shangye tribe and the four tribes of the Xiaye tribe. The territory controlled by Zhang Chao is much larger than that of Taozhou where the four prefectures are now united.

If they had any action, they must have come from Taozhou.

Moreover, if a Yeli tribe is dispatched, no one can guarantee whether the other six tribes will follow. The seven tribes of Yeli have at least 20,000 cavalry.

Zhang Chao suddenly had no intention of drinking and eating meat.
To be continued...